The county's pupils are successful in their exams

[Angela MacLean - Presenter] Pupils all over Scotland have been finding out today how they got on in their exams. More than a hundred and fifty thousand young people sat papers at Standard Grade level, Higher, or Advanced Higher. The Scottish Government said that the country’s pupils have never been so successful. This is also the final year of the Standard Grades, when the schools reopen later in the month, it will be National 4 and 5 that will be studied. Darren Laing has this report.

[Darren Laing – Reporter] Another year and another record has been broken. Pupils of Scotland have done better in their Standard Grades, Highers and Advanced Highers than they have ever done. It’s a small increase, but an increase never-the-less.

[Darren Laing – Reporter] At Glasgow Gaelic School earlier today, Molly found out how she did through a text message. The post had not visited yet but you bet that Molly and her dad were happy with what they saw.

[Molly] I did well. I got two As and six 1s at Standard Grade and I am very pleased with that.

[Darren Laing – Reporter] Molly got what she had prepared for, but every year, lots of pupils get support for doing better, or worse, that they expected.

[Donalda McComb] We’ll offer them support at the weekend. The school staff have trained to offer direction. This is in case pupils maybe have questions as to whether they have enough for a particular course, or if they did better is there is something they should be thinking of.

[Darren Laing – Reporter] There will be joy all over Scotland and pupils doing better than they have ever done. Although, there will be some questions as to whether all that has happened is that exams have got easier?

[Donalda McComb] I would not say that exams have got easier. I saw the faces on the pupils coming out of the exam hall after some of the subjects this year. And I know that the staff in this school and all over Scotland work so hard.

[Molly] I thought it was hard enough and I did a lot of work for it. Maybe they are easier, but I thought that it was hard enough.

[Darren Laing – Reporter] With the news about success, this was also an end of an era too. This was the last year of the Standard Grades, which have been around since the middle of the eighties. In their place, National 4 and 5 will come when the schools open again. There will be more flexibility in learning subjects something that they are looking at with the new grades. With more weight being put on skills and practical education. As such, coursework through the year will generally show how well the pupil does. And it won’t just be how they did in the exam room. The hope is that this will work for pupils, to teachers and examiners. Darren Laing, BBC An Là, in Glasgow.

Sgoilearan na dùthcha soirbheachail sna deuchainnean aca

(The county's pupils are successful in their exams)

VocabularyBriathrachas

Ìre Choitcheann - Standard Grade

Àrd Ìre - Higher Grade

Nàiseanta Ceithir - National 4

teachdaireachd teagsa - text message

deuchainnean - exams

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